Shoe having concealed eyeleting



W. B. BARKLEY SHOE HAVING CONCEALED EYELETING Nov. 6, 1928. 1,690,188

Filed Jan. 27. 1927 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT. OFFICE. 12

ILILIAM B. BARKLEY, or NEWTON CENTER, 'MASSACHUSETTS, Assronon T UNITE1) snon MACHINERY CORPORATION, or PATEBSON, new JERSEY, A CORPORATION on NEW mnsny.

SHOE HAVING GONCEALED EYELETING.

Application filed January 27, 1927. Serial No. 164,007.

This invention relates to shoes having reinforced lacing holes and is illustrated herein as embodiedinashoein which eyelets are set in such ainanner that they do not show 5 upon eitherthe exterior surface or the lining V or facing of the shoe upper.

Shoes having eyelets set with their flanges upon the innersurfacc of the lining or facing and with the entering ends of their barrels .10 clenched between the layers of the shoe upper and, therefore, invisible when the shoes are worn. are spoken ofas having invisible eyelets. Such shoeshave been popular for a number of years byreason, among other things, of their neat andtrim appearance.

It is an objectof the present invention to provlde a shoe having this neat appearance and having its eyelets soarranged that they do not appear upon the lining or facing of the shoe. Thus, there will'be no possibility of the metal of the eyelet hurting the most sensitive foot or injuring a fine or thin stocking. y i In the illustratedembodiment of the invention, the shoe upper is made of three layers,

an outerlayer, an intermediate layer, illustrated as a reinforcing stay, and an inner or lining layer. These layers have aligning holes and the barrels of the eyelets pass through the holes in the stay, the flanges of the eyelets bearing against the stay on one side and the ends of the eyelet barrels being clenched against the stay on the other side so that the eyelets are concealed by the outer layer and the inneror lining layer. In order to hold the layers of the shoe upper withthe lacing holes in the different layers in alignment. thestayof the illustrated shoe is sccured in place by two rows of stitching parali lel to the lacing slit, and passing through the outer layer or upper leather, the stay and the inner or lining layer.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention will now be described in connection with the accompanying drawing and 7 pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe having a portion of its upper leather broken away to show an eyelet set in a reinforcing stay in accordance with my invention;

F 2is a cross sectional View on the line IIII of Fig. 1.' a

Fig. 1 illustrates an oxford blucher ishoe having quarters 6 made of an outer layer of upper leather or other suitable material 8 and an inner layer 10 constituting a lining or facmg. Between these layers adjacent and sub-. stantially parallel to the lacing slit 12 oftlic shoe are a pair of reinforcing stays let. A

of the lacing slit. Each of the holes in the stay 14 is provided with reinforcing means.

.row of lacing holes 16 is located at each side illustrated as an. eyelet 18 set in the hole'and haying its flange 19 bearing upon one, surface and its entering end 21 clenchedupon ing or facing 10 are maintained in alignment 1 in the finishedshoe by. two rows of stitching 20 and 22 substantially parallel to the lacing slit. Thus, the eyelets are concealed by the outer layer 8 and by the inner or lining layer 10 of the shoe so that the shoe presents the neat appearance of invisible eyelcting and at the same time the metal of the eyelets cannot come in contact with the stocking of the wearer but is separated therefrom by the thickness of the lining or facing 10.

A shoe may be eyeleted as illustrated herein, for example by punching the lacing holes 16 through the upper leather 8, the. reinforcing stay 14 and the lining or facing 10 after these layers have been secured together by the inner row of stitching 20 but before the stitching 22 is inserted to close the outer edge of the shoe upper along the lacing slit. The upper leather 8 and the lining or facing 10 the other surface of the stay. The holes in theupper leather 8, the stay 14 and the linclenched on the outer surface of the stay.

After this the upper leather 8 andthe lining or facing 10 are returned to their normal position and they are secured to the reinforcing stay 14; and to each other by the stitching 22 which is inserted parallel and close to the edge of the shoe upper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A shoe upper having an outer layer, an intermediate layer and an inner or lining layer with aligning lacing holes in said layers. and reinforcing means for the holes in the intermediate layer concealed by the outer and the inner or lining layers.

2. A shoe upper comprising an outer and an inner or lining layer with a reinforcing member between said layers, aligning lacing holes in the outer layer, the reinforcing incmher and the inner or lining layer, and an eyelet set in the hole in the reinforcing member and concealed by the outer layer and the inner or lining layer.

3. A lace shoe having an upper comprising an outer and an inner or lining layer with a stay bet-ween said layers adjacent to the lacing slit of the shoe, a row of aligning lacing holes in the outer layer. the stay, and the inner or lining layer, and eyelets set in the holes in the stay and having their ends concealed by the outer layer and the inner or lining layer.

4. A shoe upper having an outer layer, an intermediate layer and an inner or lining layer with a row of lacing holes in said layers, said layers being connected by stitching adjacent to the row of lacing holes, and eyelets set in the holes in the intermediate layer and concealed by the outer and the inner or lining layers.

5. A lace shoe having an upper comprising an outer layer and an inner or lining layer, with a stay secured in position between said layers adjacent to the lacing slit of the shoe, a plurality of aligning lacing holes in the outer layer, the stay and the inner or lining layer; and an eyelet set in each oi the holes in the stay with its flange bearing upon one surface of the stay and its entering end clenched upon the other surface of the stay.

(3. A lace shoe having the portion ol' its upper adjacent to its lacing slit made up of an outer layer and an inner or lining layer with a stay between said layers adjacent to the lacing slit and held in position by stitching passing through the stay and one or both of the other layers of the shoe upper, a plu- 'alit-y of aligning lacing holes in the outer layer, the stay, and the inner or lining layer, and an eyelet setin each of the holes in the stay and clenched upon one surface thereof, the eyelets being concealed by the outer layer and the inner or lining layer.

7. A lace shoe upper having the portion thereof adjacent to its lacing slit made up of an outer layer and an inner or lining layer with an eyelet stay between said layers and stitched at both of its edges to one or both of said layers, aligning lacing holes in the outer layer, the stay, and the inner or lining layer, and eyelets set in the holes in the stay and concealed by the outer and the inner or lining layers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WVILLIAM B. BARKLEY. 

